Articles & Columns
This is a selection of articles and columns that Robert Sarner has written for newspapers and magazines in various countries. Covering a wide gamut of topics, they are presented here chronologically, starting with the most recent.
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Meet Canada’s 17-year-old Jewish ‘Greta Thunberg’ who says activism is a mitzvah
INTERVIEW – ‘IT’S ABOUT REPAIRING THE WORLD, WHICH I BELIEVE WE MUST DO’ Where many see the world going down the tubes, Hannah Alper sees opportunity to improve — and… Read more
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Canada welcomes two new Jewish outlets, but COVID-19 has media on life support
INSIDE STORY – COMMUNITY JEWISH MEDIA, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT TODAY, COULD DIE Leaders say a ‘news desert’ threatens the health of their communities as Diaspora Jewish journalism dwindles alongside… Read more
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Toronto photographer’s Porch Pics portraits raise morale — and charitable funds
READY FOR THEIR CLOSEUPS – IN TWO WEEKS, SYLMAN HAS SHOT NEARLY 100 FAMILIES Shutterbug Elliot Sylman takes out his zoom lens to snap families stuck at home during the… Read more
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Far from her village, rare Bedouin feminist fights for Israeli women and peace
AT 17, SHE FOUNDED THE FIRST BEDOUIN WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION Now armed with a PhD in Canada, Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj pursues her vision for greater equality between men, women, Jews, and Arabs… Read more
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Out of darkness: Holocaust survivors tell of personal Hanukkah miracle — life
‘FOR ME, THIS IS A JOYFUL EVENT’ – ROSE LIPSYC, 90 300 young adults participate in annual Toronto-based Dinner of Miracles to listen to firsthand accounts of finding light after… Read more
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Israeli doctor fights for patients at Canada’s only women’s holistic HIV clinic
WORLD AIDS DAY – ‘PATIENTS TELL US THE STIGMA IS WORSE THAN THE DISEASE’ Dr. Neora Pick and the multidisciplinary professionals in Vancouver’s Oak Tree Clinic tailor comprehensive programs for… Read more
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The Cold War caper that saw future hockey stars sneak prayer books to USSR Jews
Sherry Bassin says that he was ‘just doing what’s right’ when he convinced Canada’s junior hockey players to hide religious items among their gear for the 1983 championship By ROBERT… Read more
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26-year-old Jewish-Canadian director to launch Toronto Film Festival
On September 5, Daniel Roher’s latest documentary about a maverick musician, ‘Once Were Brothers,’ will make him one of the youngest filmmakers to open the prestigious event By ROBERT SARNER,… Read more
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French Jews face trinity of hate from left, right, and Islamists, says author
New book by Paris journalist Marc Weitzman probes the growing toxic tide of time-honored anti-Semitism in France – and its implications for everyone By ROBERT SARNER, The Times of Israel,… Read more
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